Ed Townsend (swimmer)

Ed Townsend

Personal information
Full name	Robert Edward Townsend, Jr.
Nickname	"Ed"
National team	United States
Born	(1943-09-13) September 13, 1943 (age 81) Santa Clara, California
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	Yale University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 4x200 m freestyle relay

Robert Edward Townsend, Jr. (born September 13, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Pan American Games gold medalist, and former world record-holder.

Townsend won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1963 Pan American Games. He participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.^[1] Under the 1964 Olympic swimming rules, he was ineligible for a medal, however, because he did not swim in the relay final.

Townsend attended Yale University, where he was a standout swimmer for coach Phil Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team from 1963 to 1965. He won an NCAA national championship in the 400-yard individual medley (1963), and three more as a member of winning Yale teams in the 400-yard freestyle relay (1963, 1964, 1965).^[2]

• List of Yale University people
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Townsend". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.

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